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UN: Rocket Attacks By Russian-Backed Rebels On The Ukrainian City Mariupol...
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The deadly rocket attacks on the government-held port city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine last weekend were a war crime because they intentionally targeted civilians, a...
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Why Russia Will Be The Big Winner In The Next Round Of Syria Peace Talks
After two rounds of peace talks in Geneva failed to resolve the Syrian crisis, Moscow proposed in December 2014 its own peace talks between the Syrian government and the opposition. Earlier this month,...
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Everything We Learned From Russia's Downgrade To Junk
So Standard & Poor's finally did what many had expected them to for some time — downgrade Russia's sovereign debt a notch to 'junk' status.Here are the key points we learned from the ratings...
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The Russian News Agency That Reportedly Worked With Spies Is Defending The...
The Russian news agency that reportedly worked with the Russian spy ring busted by the FBI on Monday is publishing articles that seem to be defending the alleged spies and chastising the US.On Monday,...
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A Russian-Linked Company In Bermuda Is Funneling Millions To US Anti-Fracking...
A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and...
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Putin: Russia's 2014 Arms Sales Top $15 Billion
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sold more than $15 billion worth of arms in 2014, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, adding that new signed orders stood at nearly $14 billion.Russia is the world's...
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister: US Defenses Can't Stop Our Nukes Anymore
The deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Ragozin, said Monday that a breakthrough in Russian missile technology means that the United States will no longer be able to intercept Russian ballistic...
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Ex-KGB Agent Poisoned In London Told UK Police that Putin Ordered His Death
Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died three months after drinking tea poisoned with a radioactive isotope, told British police that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally behind his...
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Big, Beautiful Photos Of Russia's New Tram Of The Future
The Russian One is a new commuter tram that looks like something from a sci-fi film.The futuristic tram features LED cabin lighting, felt-covered sofas, wooden handrails, and sliding glass doors that...
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Kim Jong Un Is Heading To Russia
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed his attendance at Russia's celebrations in May marking the Soviet victory over Germany in World War Two, South Korea's Yonhap news agency...
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Obama And Merkel Want Russia To Be Held Accountable For The Violence In Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed their concern about Russia's role in rising violence in eastern Ukraine in a phone call late on Tuesday and...
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The Russian Government Has Outlined Its $35 Billion Anti-Crisis Plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's government intends to spend at least 2.34 trillion roubles ($35 billion) to help the economy withstand Western sanctions and the collapse in oil prices, according to a plan...
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Russia's Grip On Greece's Gas Has Created A Mess For The New Government In...
Back in 2013, the Greek government under then-prime minister Antonis Samaras was attempting to implement a package of reforms that included the sale of state-owned assets to the private sector,...
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Russia Considers Condemning The 'Annexation' Of East Germany
The speaker of the Russian Duma has asked a parliamentary committee to study a proposal to condemn the reunification of Germany in 1990.Sergei Naryshkin earlier this week faced scathing criticism of...
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Russian Gas Is Providing A Lifeline To Chinese Expansion
Ever since 2010, when the State Dept. first introduced fracking as a panacea for all energy problems, the technology has transformed the US energy sector, but it has remained more of a psychological...
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Putin Is Loving What's Happening In Greece Right Now
With much of Europe looking at Greece with anxiety, there’s at least one leader who isn’t panicking too much: Vladimir Putin.The leftist Syriza coalition’s victory in Sunday’s Greek vote is spreading...
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Russia's Central Bank Is Encouraging Banks To Accept Losses As Crisis Deepens
The Russian central bank is encouraging the country's ailing banks to accept losses on foreign currency mortgages in a bid to stop ruble falls from further weakening the sector.In a letter to banks...
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Why Putin Will Ultimately Lose
This is turning out to be a bad week for Europeans hoping to resist the advance of Putinism. Ukraine continues to dither, rather than fight Russian invasion seriously.While Kyiv at last termed Moscow’s...
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This Map Shows How Many More Military Aircraft The US Has Than Every Other...
It can be difficult to grasp the scope of US air superiority compared to everyone else.To put the US advantage into perspective, Reddit user whiplashoo21, who runs the map-creation website Map Chart,...
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Greece's New Finance Minister Insists That The Government Hasn't Tried To...
Greece's new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is insisting that the country is not vetoing EU sanctions on Russia (at least not yet), and that media distortion blew foreign minister Nikos Kotzias'...
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